Varia

The following are some of the highlights from the daily email briefing about news and events, which I send out to some of my friends and contacts (if you’re interested in subscribing to the daily mailing, leave your email address in the comments box):

A pretty good overview by George Marlin on Catholics and the midterm elections. See also this interesting statistical study of the trends over the last decade.

Amidst the (justified) cheering in this post-election press release from National Right to Life is an important poll result that needs to be shown to every pro-life candidate: voters who considered abortion to have affected their vote (30%!) broke 22% to 8% pro-life — a 14% advantage for a pro-life candidate. Not only is it the right position, but it is a winning position.

You also need to hear what the other side is saying — they know they lost big in the House. NARAL says that 248 members of the new House are “anti-choice”, only 154 are “pro-choice”, and 33 are “mixed”, a gain of 44 pro-life votes. They also realize that our top priority will be the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. (Sorry for the link to one of Moloch’s favorite organizations — sprinkle holy water on your monitor after you’ve looked at the article).

Yet another example of how the health care law can lead to public funding for abortion on demand — through the decisions of state officials implementing the law. It may also lead to a nation-wide requirement that insurance companies pay for contraceptives (including the ones like IUD’s that cause early abortions).

The Secretary of State vows to fight against sex slavery and human trafficking. This scourge against the human person needs to be eradicated completely. Good for her.

This is how bad the threat to religious liberty has become in the UK — a couple is barred from being foster parents because of their belief that homosexual behavior is wrong. Even bishops of the Church of England are critical of this decision. Coming soon to the US, no doubt.

Check out this great animated video of conception to birth. Should be required viewing in every school.

40 Days for Life has now concluded. They know of at least 541 babies saved by the grace of God. Here’s the story of one of them.

A very disturbing story about fertility colonialism — where rich Westerners go to poor countries to use their women as surrogates.

A disappointing story — a leak of contents from President Bush’s memoirs reveals that he personally approved the torturing of prisoners by waterboarding. If done by a private party, that would be a crime.

Ethical investors, including Christian Brothers Investment, strike back at the cable industry’s distribution of porn.